Trap Taxonomy
← Command centerThe recurring patterns behind MBE traps
Every wrong answer the MBE writes is built on purpose. Browse the wrong-answer architectures the test reuses and the misconceptions they prey on, then open one to see the questions that deploy it as a distractor.
Wrong-answer architecture
3431 trapsHow the distractor is built
- Stone Anchor Required1 q · 3 choices
- Stop Frisk Conflation1 q · 3 choices
- Story Fact Overread1 q · 3 choices
- Stricken Testimony1 q · 3 choices
- Strict But For Overrun1 q · 3 choices
- Strict Liability Error1 q · 3 choices
- Strict Liability Exclusion Premises1 q · 3 choices
- Strict Liability From Warning Signs Mislabel1 q · 3 choices
- Strict Liability Import1 q · 3 choices
- Strict Liability Lane Drift1 q · 3 choices
- Strict Liability Overextension1 q · 3 choices
- Strict Scrutiny Automatic Loss Trap1 q · 3 choices
- Strict Scrutiny Lane Switch1 q · 3 choices
- Strict Scrutiny Premature Trigger1 q · 3 choices
- Strongest Argument1 q · 3 choices
- Strongest Argument Call1 q · 3 choices
- Structural Ceiling1 q · 3 choices
- Structural Constitutional Defect1 q · 3 choices
- Subjective Belief Conflated With Intent Element1 q · 3 choices
- Subjective Best Effort Distortion1 q · 1 choice
- Subjective Child Standard1 q · 3 choices
- Subjective Emotion Trap1 q · 1 choice
- Subjective Only Belief1 q · 3 choices
- Subjective Standard Substitution1 q · 3 choices
- Subject Matter Jurisdiction Timing1 q · 3 choices
- Subject Matter Limitation1 q · 3 choices
- Subject To Assumption Confusion1 q · 3 choices
- Sublease Assumption1 q · 3 choices
- Subpoena Pressure Panic1 q · 3 choices
- Subsection Mapping Trap1 q · 3 choices
- Subsequent Remedial Measure1 q · 3 choices
- Substantial Compliance Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Substantial Performance On Express Condition1 q · 3 choices
- Substantial Truth Doctrine Gist Or Sting1 q · 3 choices
- Substantive Admissibility Versus Impeachment1 q · 3 choices
- Substantive Crimes1 q · 1 choice
- Substantive Only Half Answer1 q · 1 choice
- Substantive Vs Impeachment Confusion1 q · 3 choices
- Successors1 q · 3 choices
- Success Required Overclaim1 q · 3 choices
- Suddenness Overcorrection1 q · 3 choices
- Sufficiency Vs Admissibility1 q · 3 choices
- Suggestiveness For Counsel1 q · 3 choices
- Summary Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Sunk Cost Lure1 q · 3 choices
- Superseding Act1 q · 3 choices
- Superseding Cause1 q · 3 choices
- Superseding Cause Misfit1 q · 3 choices
- Supervening Illegality Discharge1 q · 3 choices
- Suppression Call1 q · 3 choices
- Suppression Chain Error1 q · 3 choices
- Suppression Motion1 q · 3 choices
- Suppression Overclaim1 q · 3 choices
- Suppression Rationale Clash1 q · 3 choices
- Suppression Timing Detour1 q · 3 choices
- Supremacy Overclaim1 q · 3 choices
- Suretyship Bait1 q · 3 choices
- Suretyship Gate1 q · 3 choices
- Suretyship Role Reversal1 q · 3 choices
- Surface Scorching1 q · 3 choices
Misconception
3643 trapsThe student error it preys on
- Reversal Erases Jeopardy1 q · 3 choices
- Reverses Duplicate Admissibility Rule1 q · 3 choices
- Reversing Whose 7 Day Obligation1 q · 3 choices
- Reversion Holder Can Possess Immediately1 q · 3 choices
- Revocable Offer Means No Contract1 q · 3 choices
- Revocation Beats Unseen Acceptance1 q · 3 choices
- Revocation Is Effective Until Completion1 q · 3 choices
- Right Answer Wrong Reason1 q · 3 choices
- Right Attaches Only At Trial1 q · 3 choices
- Right Doctrine Wrong Defendant1 q · 3 choices
- Right Dormant After Charge1 q · 3 choices
- Right Limited To Trial1 q · 3 choices
- Right Of Entry Means Any Broken Condition1 q · 3 choices
- Right Outcome Is Enough1 q · 3 choices
- Right Outcome Makes Reason Safe1 q · 3 choices
- Right Outcome Validates Overbroad Rule1 q · 3 choices
- Right Outcome Wrong Reason Is Enough1 q · 3 choices
- Right Result Any Reason1 q · 3 choices
- Right Result Means Right Answer1 q · 3 choices
- Right To Sell Equals Marketable Title1 q · 3 choices
- Right To Travel Means International Travel1 q · 3 choices
- Risk Always Shifts At Contract1 q · 3 choices
- Risk Appreciation Enough1 q · 3 choices
- Risk Of Harm As Element1 q · 2 choices
- Risk Of Loss Ignored1 q · 3 choices
- Risk Requires Actual Inspection1 q · 3 choices
- Risk Substitute For Element1 q · 3 choices
- Road Access Means Necessity1 q · 3 choices
- Robbery Always Absorbs Restraint1 q · 3 choices
- Robbery Whenever A Weapon Appears1 q · 3 choices
- Role Specific Plan Matters1 q · 3 choices
- Round Trip Restores Unities1 q · 3 choices
- Rule 106 Is Foundation Free1 q · 3 choices
- Rule 11 B Vs 11 C 2 Confusion1 q · 3 choices
- Rule 12 E As Discovery1 q · 3 choices
- Rule 12 E Post Trial Only1 q · 3 choices
- Rule 14 Impleader Is A Free Floating Device For Contribution1 q · 3 choices
- Rule 19 Governs Any Multi Defendant Situation1 q · 3 choices
- Rule 24 Requires Property Ownership1 q · 3 choices
- Rule 407 Is Negligence Only1 q · 3 choices
- Rule 409 Needs A Disputed Claim1 q · 3 choices
- Rule 50 B Is For Plaintiffs Only1 q · 3 choices
- Rule 609 Protection Is Only For Criminal Defendants1 q · 3 choices
- Rule 8 Applies To All Civil Claims Without Special Rules1 q · 3 choices
- Rule 8 A Requires Defendant Agreement1 q · 3 choices
- Rule Applies Automatically1 q · 3 choices
- Ruling Needs A Condition1 q · 3 choices
- Russian Roulette Is Just Manslaughter1 q · 3 choices
- Safety Statute Equals Causation1 q · 3 choices
- Safe Goods Can Be Excluded To Protect Local Competitors1 q · 3 choices
- Salary Match Right Is Implied1 q · 3 choices
- Sales Are Fraud Immune1 q · 3 choices
- Sales Talk Is Never Crime1 q · 3 choices
- Sale Is An Element Of Larceny1 q · 3 choices
- Sale To A Third Party False Pretenses1 q · 3 choices
- Same Bottom Line Equals Affirm1 q · 3 choices
- Same Claim Same Bar1 q · 3 choices
- Same Crime Proves Identity1 q · 3 choices
- Same Episode Extends Counsel1 q · 3 choices
- Same Event Equals Double Jeopardy1 q · 3 choices